Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The french branch of Pfizer - the US pharmaceuticals group - has announced plans to cut around 500 jobs over the 2008-2011 period. Those affected are mainly the pharmaceutical sales representatives who supply both general practitioners and the specialized doctors working in hospitals.
Eurofound (2008), Pfizer France, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 66647, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66647.